China using 'child labour' to produce Olympics merchandise | Press Esc

China using 'child labour' to produce Olympics merchandise | Press Esc: "12 year-old children are forced to work 12 hours a day, seven days a week in unsafe and unhealthy conditions making Olympic merchandise, according to a report released by labour rights group ahead of the International Olympic Committee meeting in London today."

Is displacing more than a million people and adding to China's child labor problem really worth it for an athletic competition? Perhaps the decision makers of the Olympic committee should reconsider allowing China to host the games in the future.

China forcibly evicts 1.5 million people for Olympics | Press Esc

China forcibly evicts 1.5 million people for Olympics | Press Esc: "The Chinese authorities are forcibly evicting 1.5 million people from their homes in Beijing without compensating them to make way for the Olympics leaving many displaced former residents homeless, the Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions revealed this week.

According to the Geneva based rights group's field research, based on Chinese government statements and documents, by April 2007, at least 1.25 million people have already been displaced as a result of urban development linked to the Olympic Games, and unknown numbers of these people were forcibly evicted."

The darker side of the Olympic games...